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Novel frem1-related mouse phenotypes and evidence of genetic interactions with gata4 and slit3.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Beck Tyler F, Shchelochkov Oleg A, Yu Zhiyin, Kim Bum Jun, Hernández-García Andrés, Zaveri Hitisha P, Bishop Colin, Overbeek Paul A, Stockton David W, Justice Monica J, Scott Daryl A
Abstract excerpt
The FRAS1-related extracellular matrix 1 (FREM1) gene encodes an extracellular matrix protein that plays a critical role in the development of multiple organ systems. In humans, recessive mutations in FREM1 cause eye defects, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, renal anomalies and anorectal malformations including anteriorly placed anus. A similar constellation of findings-microphthalmia, cryptophthalmos, congenital...
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